Naomh Tola
Shannon · Roll number 19552U
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 218
- +7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −4%
- Down 8 from 226 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 102 / 116
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1977
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
218 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 24 | 34 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 25.0 |
| Senior Infants | 29 | 25 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 25.5 |
| 1st Class | 25 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 27 | 21 | 26.7 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 32 | 34 | 29.5 |
| 3rd Class | 32 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 36 | 29.5 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 34 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 28.7 |
| 5th Class | 26 | 29 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 32 | 29.0 |
| 6th Class | 29 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 29.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
16 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 17 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 16Junior Infants2024/25
- 17Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 21 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 19Senior Infants2024/25
- 211st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
28 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 34 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 28Junior Infants2022/23
- 28Senior Infants2023/24
- 271st Class2024/25
- 342nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
34 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 36 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 34Junior Infants2021/22
- 35Senior Infants2022/23
- 311st Class2023/24
- 322nd Class2024/25
- 363rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
24 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 24Junior Infants2020/21
- 25Senior Infants2021/22
- 261st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 233rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 32 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 29Senior Infants2020/21
- 301st Class2021/22
- 312nd Class2022/23
- 303rd Class2023/24
- 294th Class2024/25
- 325th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
25 in 1st Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 251st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 263rd Class2022/23
- 274th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 296th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 304th Class2022/23
- 295th Class2023/24
- 296th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
32 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 323rd Class2020/21
- 344th Class2021/22
- 345th Class2022/23
- 326th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 295th Class2021/22
- 306th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
26 in 5th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 265th Class2020/21
- 276th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +133rd Class in 2025/26 (23 to 36)
- −9Senior Infants in 2024/25 (28 to 19)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Naomh Tola, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
15.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers110 hours of support teaching a week 4.4
- Special class teachersFor an autism class and a multiple disabilities class 2
8.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Naomh Tola, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh TolaThis school | – | 218 |
−3.5%
|
|
| 1 | Shannon Airport 1 N S0.6 km · Shannon · DEIS | 0.6 km | 113 |
−10.3%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Donncha Rua0.7 km · Sionna · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.7 km | 68 |
+4.6%
|
| 3 | Shannon Airport No 2 NS0.7 km · Shannon · Church of Ireland | 0.7 km | 51 |
+410.0%
|
| 4 | St Conaires NS1.1 km · Shannon | 1.1 km | 338 |
−32.1%
|
| 5 | St Aidans NS1.7 km · Shannon | 1.7 km | 260 |
−2.6%
|
| 6 | Stonehall N S2.9 km · Newmarket-on-Fergus | 2.9 km | 101 |
−1.9%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Mary Dunlea
- Phone
- 061362894
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tullyglass, Shannon, Co. Clare, V14 Y625
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killaloe
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Clare County Council
- Planning area
- Shannon
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
39 school years from 1977/78 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 218 | 102 | 116 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 34 | 36 | 25 | 32 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 211 | 106 | 105 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 236 | 119 | 117 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | 250 | 134 | 116 | 28 | 35 | 26 | 31 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | 235 | 126 | 109 | 34 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 29 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 222 | 121 | 101 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 29 |
| 2019/20 | 227 | 124 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 229 | 119 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 229 | 121 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 231 | 125 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 226 | 113 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 227 | 112 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 233 | 112 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 232 | 111 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 233 | 113 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 226 | 114 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 238 | 121 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 233 | 119 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 221 | 112 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 194 | 96 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 182 | 88 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 163 | 85 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 180 | 90 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 177 | 91 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 156 | 77 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 162 | 80 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 162 | 80 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 186 | 94 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 188 | 100 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 199 | 103 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 206 | 101 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 230 | 114 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 241 | 115 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 433 | 226 | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 415 | 217 | 198 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 381 | 205 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 353 | 186 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 317 | 162 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 57 | 32 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |